Comparative Concept: desiderative event (sem) / predicate (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
desiderative event (sem) / predicate (cxn)
| Typ | meaning (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | desiderative event/predicate • desiderative |
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| Spraakbanken | desiderative event (sem) / predicate (cxn) |
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an event that expresses a desire toward the realization of a future event that is expressed by the complement; and the predicate that expresses the event. Example: in Meagan wants to climb Mt. Baldy on Saturday, wants denotes a desiderative event. Noonan (2007:135) includes intending events in the category of desiderative events. (Section 18.2.2)